Ross Arsenault

Vice President, Benefit Consulting at BPA Atlantic Limited at International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Schools

  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

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Biography

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Ross I. Arsenault is the vice president and practice leader for Benefit Plan Administrators (Atlantic) Limited. He has over 20 years of experience with group benefits insurance at two of the largest insurance companies in Canada, where he worked as a new business underwriter, handling major accounts, including union trust benefit plans, and as a sales and marketing representative in the group benefits department. Later, Arsenault was successful in creating his own position with a large western-based third-party administrating organization, where he spent four years as the Atlantic regional vice president of group marketing and sales. He has spent the last ten years with Benefit Plan Administrators managing multi-employer union trust funds. Arsenault is also an instructor for the Foundations of Trust Management Standards (FTMS®) course and has served as an educational program moderator for the International Foundation. He obtained his CEBS® designation in 2014 and has sat as a member of the Foundation’s CEBS Committee.

Experience

Vice President, Benefit Consulting

  • Company Name BPA Atlantic Limited
  • Dates EmployedDec 2014 – Present
  • Employment Duration4 yrs 7 mos
  • LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia

Senior Benefits Consultant

  • Company Name BPA (Atlantic)
  • Dates Employed Apr 2011 – Present
  • Employment Duration8 yrs 3 mos
  • Location Halifax, Nova Scotia

Benefit consulting services for multi-employer groups and union trustees.

Regional Vice-President (Atlantic)

  • Company Name Benefits by Design Inc.
  • Dates Employed Feb 2007 – Mar 2011
  • Employment Duration 4 yrs 2 mos

Senior Group Specialist

  • Company Name Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company
  • Dates Employed Feb 2001 – Oct 2003
  • Employment Duration 2 yrs 9 mos

Education

Canadian Securities Institute CSI
Degree NameCanadian Securities Course Field Of StudyInvestments and Securities
Dates attended or expected graduation 2015 – 2016

Saint Mary's University
Degree NameBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Field Of StudyMarketing
Dates attended or expected graduation 1997 – 2001

Activities and Societies: Member of SMU Commerce Society
Dalhousie University
Degree NameReceived Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Designation (CEBS) 2014

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